Considering a Hay Steamer?

Considering a Hay Steamer?

When it comes to feeding your horse or pony, hay is a very common choice, of course — as it should be! Although alongside all the great attributes of hay, come some less favourable characteristics. These characteristics can start to cause problems for your...
The Benefits of Straw and Hay as good insulators

The Benefits of Straw and Hay as good insulators

It’s that time of year, where insulation and ventilation are important. Heating an area can be expensive whether it is your house, the barn or cage for your large or small animals. Straw bales, produced as a co-product of cereal crops such as wheat and rice or hay...
How to manage equine asthma?

How to manage equine asthma?

How to manage equine asthma? Equine asthma is a non-infectious inflammatory airway disease that is often triggered by environmental allergens such as fungal spores found in hay and straw. Equine Asthma can also be brought on by other external factors such as pollen,...
Feeding Animals: Are your animals feeling the change in the seasons?

Feeding Animals: Are your animals feeling the change in the seasons?

Feeding Animals: Are your animals feeling the change in the seasons? It’s that time of year, where the season is changing. The daylight hours are shortening, weather conditions varying, temperatures fluctuating and the change in colour of the leaves. These all signal...
The Importance of Biosecurity in Poultry

The Importance of Biosecurity in Poultry

Poultry health has been in the spotlight more than usual this past year, due to a particularly bad avian influenza outbreak. This disease mainly circulates in wild birds but has increased the risk of the disease spreading around poultry farms across the UK....